How King Charles Could ‘Shut Down Speculation’ About His Health at Easter

Just this weekend, King Charles’ nephew, Peter Philips, told an Australian news channel that his uncle was “frustrated” by the restrictions on his activities that his treatment for cancer inevitably involved.

Phillips, the son of Princess Anne, told Sky News Australia in an interview: “He’s frustrated that he can’t get on and do everything that he wants to be able to do…He is always pushing his staff and everybody—his doctors and nurses—to be able to say, ‘Actually can I do this, can I do that?’”

On Tuesday, it appeared that Charles had won one of these battles, apparently successfully persuading his family and advisors that he would be well able to attend church on Easter Sunday—even if, as one official source told The Daily Beast, it will be “a smaller scale royal turnout,” with neither Kate Middleton nor Prince William making an appearance.

Read more at The Daily Beast.